Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Discomposure

Disˊcom-po′sure

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
1.
The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
No
discomposure
stirred her features.
Akenside.
2.
Discordance; disagreement of parts.
[Obs.]
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Discomposure

DISCOMPOSURE

,
Noun.
Discompozhur. Disorder; agitation; disturbance; perturbation; as discomposure of mind.

Definition 2024


discomposure

discomposure

English

Noun

discomposure (countable and uncountable, plural discomposures)

  1. The state of being discomposed.
    • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
      And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things......
  2. (obsolete) Discordance; disagreement of parts.

References

  • discomposure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913